Paul Gauguin - Lilac bouquet 1885
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Lilac bouquet 1885
34x27cm oil/canvas
Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, España
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From Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid:
The choice of objects for this still-life-the Neo-Classical vase of porcelain with a mythological figure, the flowers, the coloured shawl and the half-hidden book-suggest a refined, albeit slightly conventional taste. The design is more naturalistic and less simplified than in other still-lifes painted in the same period, such as the Still-life with a Vase of Japanese Peonies and a Mandolin (Paris, Musée d'Orsay). Compared to other works of the same period, the present composition has a fresher, less abstract character and a spontaneity that is more impressionistic. Such features are undoubtedly due to the fact that, more than a painting, it is a life-size study, evident in its small format.
Guillermo Solana